Lot #1008. Antique Natural and Ebonized Barrel-Shaped Checkers

Description Antique Boxwood & Ebony English Checkers. This offering is a vintage set of 24 Antique Natural and Ebonized Checkers. The individual checkers are barrel-shaped measure 1.3″ in diameter by 0.4″ thick. These Antique Natural and Ebonized Checkers date to around 1940. The antique folding chessboard shown is not included, but this and several other suitable boards are available elsewhere on this web site or upon request. These checkers are in excellent condition. The checkers are housed in their original rose-colored cardboard box. These Checkers should be used on a board with 2-0″ to 2-1/4″ squares.  The set does not include dice, shakers or a doubling cube. These Antique Natural and Ebonized Checkers can also be used for several other board games. Backgammon is one of the oldest board games known. It is a two-player, 30 checker game where the units are moved according to the roll of dice. A player wins by removing (bearing-off) all of his pieces from the board before the opponent. Backgammon is a member of the “Tables” family, one of the World’s oldest classes of board games. Draughts or checkers is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque. The name derives from the verb to draw or to move. The most popular forms are English Draughts, also called American Checkers, employs 12 stones and is played on an 8×8 checkerboard; Russian Draughts, also played on an 8×8. Continental Draughts (Also known as Polish Checkers) utilizes 20 stones and is played on a 10×10 board. There are many other variants played on an 8×8 board. Canadian checkers is played on a 12×12 board. For a more detailed discourse on the history and rules for Draughts or Checkers, check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughts and http://www.usacheckers.com/